Details were sketchy, but the man was shot about 7:30 p.m. in the 400 block of East 19th Street, Detective Ivan Hicks said.

The motive for the shooting remained under investigation, but there was no immediate reason to suspect that the shooting was related to a 45-minute rash of shootings in Newark earlier today that left two dead and two others wounded, the detective said.

No suspects were in custody an hour after the shooting, the detective added.